Ranking Digital Rights 2018 Corporate Accountability Index Launch

When

April 25, 2018

9:30 am - 11:00 am

Where

Columbia University - Italian Academy

1161 Amsterdam Ave.

New York, NY 10027

Join us for the launch of the Ranking Digital Rights 2018 Corporate Accountability Index: ranking of 22 of the world’s most powerful telecommunications, internet, and mobile companies on their commitments and disclosed policies affecting users’ freedom of expression and privacy. Last year's 2017 Corporate Accountability Index, which evaluated the same companies on the same questions, found that companies leave users largely in the dark about many important policies and practices affecting users’ rights.

What has or has not changed in the past year? How do the latest Index findings relate to global controversies and debates about disinformation and hate speech online? An overview of the 2018 Index results will be followed by a discussion of what concrete things we can do as activists, scholars, consumers, investors, journalists, and citizens to ensure that technology is designed and governed in a way that is compatible with democracy and human rights.